First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone for the wonderful comments and the encouragement. I’ve needed some motivation to get this project off the ground for the third time, but thanks to you, I’ve found it. Special shout-outs to one Mr. John Robin for the help!

Anyway, I’m getting a bit off-track here. I wanted to update everyone because I’ve posted a second excerpt from the beginning of Dwindling Glory. If you check Dwindling Glory’s page, there should be a second ’chapter’ entitled "The Long Con." I thought it was a pertinent thing to post since I felt as though "Eden" did not do a very good job in representing the dichotomy of writing styles and ’settings’ that would be present in Dwindling Glory.

Where "Eden" is an establishing shot of the greater lore of the world of Dwindling Glory, "The Long Con" is a much more intimate vignette of the life of one of the primary protagonists of Dwindling Glory. The juxtaposition of "Eden" with "The Long Con" should give you an idea of the kind of tone of voice that I’ll be trying to balance in my novel.

Here’s me crossing my fingers... *crosses fingers*. I hope you enjoy this peek at my work!